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The hunt for the Christmas meteorite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite
An article by the BBC discussing a 4.5bn-year 'Christmas meteorite' - the biggest to hit the UK - which crashed on Christmas Eve, 1965, in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire has quoted Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Maintaining and preserving changing churches
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/maintaining-and-preserving-changing-churches
As Christmas Day draws nearer and churches across the country welcome worshipers to their Advent services, a timely University of Leicester conference this week explored how to maintain those churches for years to come.
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UK climate instruments to measure fluctuations in greenhouse gas levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/uk-climate-instruments-hitch-a-ride-on-nasa2019s-global-hawk
Two cutting-edge science instruments developed by UK researchers have taken to the skies aboard NASA’s Global Hawk research aircraft for the first time.
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£1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant
Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance her crucial research into the global upper troposphere.
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Our Vice-Chancellor champions HeForShe at global platform
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/our-vice-chancellor-champions-heforshe-at-global-platform
30 Global Leaders have unveiled their ground-breaking solutions for gender equality as part of UN Women's HeForShe movement.
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Leicester teams lead the podium in Formula 1 aerodynamics race
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-teams-lead-the-podium-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-race
Two teams from the University's Department of Engineering took the top two positions on the podium in the second race of the UniFi Motorsport competition.
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Time to Erase the Grey on sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/03-erase-the-grey
YIQhBjF4cmk|The University and Students’ Union are collaborating to raise awareness of sexual violence this February, through Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which begins today.
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Gareth Miles
https://le.ac.uk/people/gareth-miles
The academic profile of Dr Gareth Miles, Lecturer in Patient Derived Cancer Explant Technology at University of Leicester
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Professional cyclist to join Ride Leicester Festival biking event to raise diabetes awareness
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/professional-cyclist-to-join-ride-leicester-festival-biking-event-to-raise-diabetes-awareness
A professional cyclist from an all-diabetes riding team is set to join Ride Leicester’s Castle Classic & Let’s Ride Leicester event.
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Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality
Their findings show that NO2 concentrations can be higher in car cabins (even electric car cabins) than alongside the road where people are walking and cycling. Some PM2.5 can be removed, for example by pollen filters, meaning PM2.